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Author's Note: Against Bella's will, yeah she really hates me right now, she will not be returning to Earth and reuniting with Charlie, Jacob, Edward or the other Cullens for a little while longer. She still has some things to learn in Faery. However, I have granted Bella a reprieve from the upheaval that her life has become. So this is just a heads up that the story is breaking off from Bella and returning to earth to let you guys and gals know what has been happening there. The next few chapters will only have Bella in it in memory or in conversation. I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 21

Edward's Point of View

4:36 P.M. the day Bella is taken by Fin

The plane just didn't seem fast enough anymore. Something was wrong with Bella and I was stuck on this plane. Carlisle tried to soothe me by telling me that Bella had been in this predicament before. It didn't soothe me. Maybe it was the fact that Carlisle had no idea what was wrong with her. Maybe it was the fact that a deranged lunatic vampire was after her. I think the main reason was because I was stuck on this insufferable plane unable to protect her from anything.

Why had I agreed to this plan? Why had I left her? Why did I so foolishly take her to that clearing? I just kept messing up and it was Bella that was paying for it.

At least she was safe for now. Alice had given her word that she and Jasper would protect Bella. I trusted my sister, which kept me from tearing the plane apart out of sheer anxiety.

"Edward, Bella will be fine." 'Her symptoms are very much peculiar. It definitely isn't normal and quite the conundrum.' His thoughts were so much louder than his actual words. Really, there wasn't anything normal about Bella. I knew that from the moment I first laid eyes on her. I couldn't hear her. I had never met a person I couldn't hear. Then the first time I smelled her. Never in my life had I smelled someone so delectable. Then as I got to know her... Normal would never accurately describe Bella, but that was okay. I loved Bella for who she was. Well, I could probably deal without all the near death situations she tended to dismiss a little to easily.

Just a little bit longer and I would have Bella safe in my arms. Just a little bit longer.

5:58 P.M.

When we got off of the plane and made it through check out, my nose was assaulted by Alice and Jasper's scent. Vampire scents were much more acute than the human scent. Alice's and Jasper's stuck out like sore thumbs, as they were surrounded by humans. I didn't smell Bella though.

'How odd. Why are Alice and Jasper here? Has Bella already recovered?' Carlisle mused to himself.

His thoughts made me feel a surge of panic. Bella wasn't with them. Would they really leave her unprotected? Anger soon joined my worry as I tried to move at a human pace. It was so frustrating having to put on a show at a time like this.

When Alice and Jasper came into view, both of their faces said just as much as there broken thoughts.

'She's gone. I just let him take her. I can't see her! God, please don't let her be dead.' Despair pulled downward on Alice's thoughts. If it were possible, she would have been sobbing uncontrollably.

'What was it? It was fast! The smell... It smelled so familiar... so tantalizing. It wasn't human... What was it doing to me? I couldn't do anything against it. I let Alice down. Edward...' His eyes found mine and I could tell he feltmy anxiety.

I felt a familiar hand briefly grip my shoulder. 'Don't jump to conclusions.' Carlisle tried to caution me.

'Where's Bella?' Emmet caught on a little late.

We finally made it across the terminal to Alice and Jasper. I had never felt human speed to be as tediously slow as it did today.

'She's gone. Edward, I'm so sorry!' Alice looked at me through sorrowful eyes.

"What happened?" I tried to control my voice, but even I could hear the contrition in it.

Alice flinched back. Carlisle glanced around the busy terminal and put a hand to my shoulder blade again. "Perhaps we should go somewhere a little less conspicuous?"

I focused my hard glare on Alice to try and get a better understanding of what was going on. However, the only thing that was going through her mind was the same thing over and over. 'She's gone. I'm so sorry!'

Jasper took a step in front of Alice, shielding her from my glare. "I think Carlisle is right. We need to discuss this somewhere in private. We can return to the hotel room." I could feel a tugging in my mind. I was sure it was Jasper trying to calm me down. For the moment, I let the tug pull me into a false calm as we made our exit.

6:27 P.M.

The first smell that wafted into my nose was that of Bella's. She had a smell that was both enticing and mesmerizing. The smell was so potent I half way expected her to walk into the room at any moment.

Alice sat on the chair opposite of me. Her face was turned down to the floor, one hand wringing the opposite in an endless cycle. I didn't have to be Jasper to know that guilt was radiating off of her in waves.

Jasper stood behind her, strain etched in the corners of his eyes. I could tell he was focusing his empathy gifts over the entire room, to keep a calm atmosphere.

Emmett stood half hidden by the curtains at the window and kept a vigilant watch.

Carlisle stood calmly in the center of the room as the mediator. "What exactly happened?" Carlisle looked to Alice for an answer, as did everyone else in the room with the exception of Jasper.

As Alice rehashed what happened, I saw everything in her mind.

Alice looked at Bella as Jasper carried her out of the hotel room. Bella's face seemed whiter than normal. Maybe it was the way the red in her eyes seemed to be intensifying that made her look whiter. Bella was taking deep breaths as if to calm herself. Alice pulled the scarf that was already around her head tighter, to block out the sun. They still had to keep up the charade of being human. Sparkling would be a dead giveaway that they were different. Once outside, they moved quickly to get Bella into the Mercedes.

Jasper handed Bella to Alice, putting her into the back seat of the vehicle. Bella was too hot. Impossibly hot. Carlisle needed to be here now.

Suddenly Bella went stiff and then started to scramble for the open door that Jasper stood by. She was protesting and clawing to get out.

Alice didn't understand what was going on with Bella. She kept her arms around her to try and still her. Bella only cried and screamed more.

Jasper leaned into the car and tried to subdue her flailing body. He also tried to calm her to no avail. Alice and Jasper were both feeling overwhelmed. It wasn't just the resistance that was overwhelming, but the smell. Maybe it had been too long since they last fed, but Bella's scent seemed to intensify.

Alice shook the thoughts of Bella's scent out of her mind and tried to reason with Bella when she began to beg. Alice failed as Bella only began to fight even more. Jasper cursed and tightened his grip on her legs. Alice could see Jasper losing control. Bella's scent was becoming more... Delectable. If Alice's heart could beat, it would be racing at that moment. It wasn't right thinking like that. Alice held her breath. Jasper took her cueand did the same.

When Bella's eyes began to flicker unsteadily, Alice became more panicked. She tried to find out what Bella needed, but she only replied, 'Out, just let me out.'

Jasper tried reasoning, but was halted in his attempt when he inhaled her scent. He clutched his teeth together. Then Bella began to scream in agonizing pain. What was happening?

Alice clamped her hand over Bella's mouth as visions of the manager coming out to investigate came into her mind. She spoke to warn Jasper, but inhaled Bella's scent as well. It made her throat tighten in anticipation. Images of herself sinking her own teeth into Bella's neck horrified her. She wasn't sure if they were visions of the future or just her musings.

Her thoughts quickly changed when Jasper was suddenly yanked away from the open door. Alice was both perplexed and confused. She could see Jasper, he was being held by a small man with red auburn hair and eyes red like fire. At first glance he had to be a vampire. However, he had a heartbeat.

His eyes shifted between Alice and Bella. Jasper seemed to be in physical pain. How was the possible? Did he have a power like Jane?

Alice tightened her grip on Bella because the little man wanted her.

The stranger's jaw squared as his cheeks began to burn crimson. He definitely couldn't be a vampire. He wasn't human either.

Jasper opened his mouth a moment to say something, but closed it with a grimace of pain. He struggled to get away from the creature. He then yelled out for us to run. Pain saturated each of his words.

In a smooth motion, Alice opened the door behind her and had herself and Bella out of the Mercedes. The sun sparkled off of Jasper's skin as she got a better look at the man. He looked to be around his mid-twenties. His hair was in wild disarray, almost like his head was on fire. Bella whimpered suddenly, pulling Alice's attention back to her.

"McKenna?" Alice looked back to the man. For the first time, nothing about him seemed dangerous. Instead he looked worried and anxious. Who was this man? "Dammit! It's breaking!"

Bella whispered weakly the word Fin. Fin? Bella had said his name before back at the mansion. Was this Fin? Alice studied the man.

He offered a trade, Bella for Jasper. Alice's eyes hardened on Fin, causing Fin's face to harden in return. He released one arm from around Jasper and turned his palm upward. The palm then burst into flame.

Alice gasped as she took a step back. That was impossible, wasn't it? How could a man wield fire?

Jasper chocked out in agony for them to run. Alice couldn't though. Fire meant instant death for vampires. Alice couldn't just leave him to that fate. But she couldn't give Bella up. Bella was her sister and Edward would hate her.

Then Bella yelled to Fin telling him not to hurt Jasper. Alice looked down at Bella. She looked worse off than before. They had to get out of there, but not without Jasper.

Again, Fin offered Jasper's safety for Bella. His face softens into that of anxiety and worry.

Alice felt torn because Bella was begging her with the last vestige of her strength got for Alice to make the trade. Bella was certain that Fin wouldn't hurt her, but Alice wasn't so sure.

Alice tried to explain to Bella why she couldn't trade them. She looked at Jasper, torn again at what to do. She would give anything to keep Jasper safe, but to give up Bella? It was all so infuriating, more so because she didn't see any of this happening.

Bella pleaded with Alice. Alice wouldn't make the trade. Then Bella took in several breathes as her eyes rolled back behind closed lids. Her body began to tremble violently as her face contorted in agonizing pain.

Jasper screamed out in both pain and anger for them to leave again. Alice didn't know what to do.

Fin looked at Bella as a pained expression took over his face. "Not enough time..."

Suddenly, Bella screamed a blood curdling scream of pure torture, setting everything in motion. Alice stiffened as a whole new scent enveloped her nose. Bella smelled like Bella, but it was intensified three fold. Alice could feel her stomach snarl to life and her blood seemed to dance in both rejoice and anticipation.

Then in a speed that of vampires, Fin was gone. The sudden movement distracted the monster within Alice long enough for her to hold her breath again, thus allowing other thoughts to fill her mind. Instantly her mind remembered Jasper. Alice turned quickly to find them, not realizing her grip loosened until Fin seemingly appeared out of nowhere. He grabbed Alice by the neck and suddenly Alice felt like liquid fire was coursing through her veins. It was only for a moment that her blood boiled, only while his hand touched her. The pain filled her mind. In that mere moment, Fin was able to rip Alice away from Bella.

When Alice was able to get her bearings, she saw that Fin had Bella cradled in his arms.

Fin looked down to Bella, who looked like she was knocking on death's door. "I have you McKenna. Everything will be okay."

Alice shot up from the ground and ran at Fin, but then a bright light temporarily blinded her. Alice screamed Bella's name.

When the light cleared, they were gone.

Alice's chest shook with sobs. She looked into my eyes and I knew she was grieving and blaming herself. Part of me was angry with her, but the larger part was angry with myself. If anyone was to blame for this mess, it was myself. I should have never left her.

I stood and started to pace. "Did you try following her scent?"

Neither Alice nor Jasper spoke. I turned to look at them and both looked at me wide eyed, as if they were deer caught in the blinding lights of their encroaching death. I delved into Jasper's head; Alice's was just a muddle of grief. 'There was no scent to follow. It was like she disappeared.'

Alice stood up quickly. "Oh! The scorch mark!" Everyone turned to Alice as she hurried out of the room. We all followed out to the parking lot of the hotel. Night had already fallen and we wouldn't have to worry about the sun's luminous rays betraying our secret.

We all followed Alice outside and gazed at what Alice studied. There was a large circle scorched on the gray pavement.

Emmett knitted his brows. "Okay, so what is it?"

Carlisle kneeled down to study it and then ran a finger over it. Upon his fingers was soot. "It's a scorch left by fire." He stood back up and looked at Alice. "You said he wielded fire in his hand?"

Alice nodded. She looked at me, hoping I had seen everything that had transpired. I nodded my head to her and she seemed relieved at first and then guilty. I couldn't really fault her though. I, above the others, knew the effects of Bella's scent. Just because I knew the perplexity her scent presented didn't mean I liked it!

"Carlisle… what are we dealing with here?" I finally asked the question that I knew for a fact was riddling everyone else's minds.

Carlisle thought for a moment and then frowned. "To be honest, I am not really sure. I have my theories, but they are exactly that, theories. Perhaps I could call a few friends and deliberate with them."

I shook my head. "There is no time for that right now. We need to find them before any more time passes."

"What about the tracker?" Emmett's booming voice echoed through the empty parking lot.

What about the tracker? We couldn't really protect Bella from him if we didn't even know where Bella was. She was my first and only concern right now. I shook my head. "He's not a concern right now."

"But he's a tracker." Emmett stated obviously. 'He'd probably be able to find her better than any of us.'

Emmett was right. That deranged tracker would be able to track Bella before we could.

"Perhaps we should split up." Carlisle suggested as he glanced at me questioning my thoughts on it. I nodded my head already hearing Carlisle's plan. "Emmett and Jasper, you follow the tracker." Carlisle nodded to Jasper and Emmett.

"Don't capture him." I warned the two of them. "Emmett is right. We can use his skills to our advantage. Keep your distance though. If he knows we are following him, he will erase his tracks." I mentally shuddered at the situation we were in having to depend on the very psychopath who started this predicament. Jasper and Emmett both nodded. "If he finds her..." I looked to Emmett first then Jasper. "Take him down."

Jasper gave a quick nod of his head in ascent as Emmett smirked. "Oh, hell yeah!" Emmett was always ready for a good fight. I hoped he would be disappointed though. I didn't want that vile thing anywhere near my Bella.

Carlisle turned from Emmett and Jasper and directed a sympathetic eye to Alice. "Can you help Edward to find her scent? It couldn't have completely disappeared. Maybe we are missing something. Perhaps your sight can lend a hand in this search."

Alice nodded as she looked down to the ground. I knew the guilt was eating away at her. Suddenly, Jasper was there, taking her hands into his. Alice looked up into his eyes. I knew Jasper was using his gift to ease her guilt. I turned away from the scene when he began to murmur encouragements to her.

I didn't want Alice to feel guilty, but right now I couldn't manage to devote enough of myself to care. I was too worried about Bella. Where Alice would be okay, Bella was fragile and breakable. If something happened to her, I wasn't sure if I could forgive Alice and Jasper. I knew, however, I wouldn't forgive myself.

The Next Day

Emmett and Jasper left shortly after the plan was set in motion. It was decided that Carlisle would return to Forks to collect Esme and Rosalie, only after the red head was out of town. Carlisle would also converse with a few of his old friends to try and figure out what this mystery Fin was.

Alice and I remained in Phoenix and scoured the entire area with seemingly no luck.

"Edward, it's not here." Alice's voice was bleak. She had been trying to force a vision of Bella, but kept coming up blank. She was feeling guilty and useless.

"Alice, there has to be something we're missing. I refuse to accept that she is just gone."

"Edward, we've circled the city time and time again... There's-" Alice stopped short when I turned to look at her. I was grasping at thin straws trying to keep hope. Those straws were becoming fewer and fewer as time passed, pushing me ever closer to despair. I wasn't exactly sure what Alice saw on my face, but she quickly turned from me. "Maybe we should widen our search. We can split up and cover more ground." 'It's my entire fault. He'll never forgive me.'

Her thoughts stung. I reached out to touch her shoulder, but she blitzed away before I could. Part of me wanted to blame Alice. She didn't protect Bella like she should have. The other part of me, the logical side, knew better though. Alice had done everything she could. I had seen it. I wasn't sure I would have yielded any other results if I were in her place.

I didn't want to hurt my sister and I knew I should go after her, but we didn't have time. The more time that passed, the harder it would be to find Bella's scent. I took off into the other direction, searching.

One Week Later

An unproductive week had slowly passed with no sign. Neither Alice nor I could find anything. I wouldn't give up though. I pushed the boundaries to include the entire state of Arizona. When that yielded no results, I ran the length of the west coast. Even the most skilled vampire couldn't completely erase their scent. They could mask it. Maybe that was what happened. Maybe Bella's scent was being masked by this Fin's scent. Bella believed this being to be good. I seriously had my doubts then. I was sure now that he only represented trouble. It was all so infuriating that between the gifts Alice and I both possessed, we were getting nowhere.

Besides being infuriated, I wasn't exactly sure how I felt. It wasn't like I was numb or anything. That was a human reaction to preserve themselves when emotions became too much to handle. As a vampire, we were able to experience each and every emotion with much more clarity. Also, there were no human limitations that halted these emotions. We didn't feel physical fatigue. We didn't sleep. It was just an endless cycle of feeling each emotion just as intensely as a raw and throbbing wound.

It had been a week of fluctuating emotions. There was anger, lots of anger. There was anger towards Alice and Jasper, anger at myself. Anger and hate pulsed through my veins in the place of blood for that despicable creature James! I wanted to rip his head from his shoulders. Every time I thought about his smug smile and the mirth in his eyes, rage filled my mouth with venom.

There was guilt that berated me every moment of every day as well. There was guilt that followed the anger that I held for my siblings. I loved my sister and brother and I knew they did everything they could, but Bella was gone. They had failed, but could I have done anything more? It essentially was an endless loop, anger begot guilt which begot anger and so on and so on. I felt guilty that I wasn't better. I felt guilty that a week had already passed and I was no closer to finding Bella than when I arrived at the airport a week ago. This guilt was only surmountable by the anger and guilt that I had been too selfish and too weak. I should have never allowed Bella to enter my world. She was too fragile.

I was scared senseless too. I was scared of what Bella may be going through. I was scared I would never find her, but mostly, I was scared that I would find her, but it would be too late. The fear then brought on the anger again, an endless loop of emotions.

At least, Jasper and Emmett had been having more progress. They had been able to keep tabs on James. James led them up through Canada and into Alaska. From there, they swam through the Pacific to Asia. We hadn't had contact with them after they informed us they were running through China. I wasn't sure where James was leading them. I couldn't imagine that he was following Bella's scent, because there just didn't seem to be one.

In Forks, Carlisle had gotten in touch with a few of his old acquaintances. He would be flying out to Ireland in a couple of days to meet someone by the name of McAlister, a very old vampire who supposedly may have information.

Meanwhile, Rose and Esme kept a vigilant eye on Victoria. Victoria was both tricky and fast. She kept close to Bella's house, but luckily Charlie hadn't been there for days. Esme was sure that Victoria knew she was being followed and watched. Esme and Rose took shifts in watching Victoria. When Rose was on watch, Esme would take her time off to check on Charlie. The news she reported was not good and pretty much stayed the same. Victoria didn't make any move to leave for now.

Two Weeks Later

Alice stopped suddenly from our running. Her eyes opened wide in an unseeing way, she was having a vision. I looked into her mind as the vision unfolded.

Jasper and Emmett are running at vampire speeds. They are looking to their right constantly, following someone. A glimpse of dirty blonde hair pulled into a ponytail passes between trees, also moving at vampire speeds, its James. He's focused on something else, not Emmett or Jasper. Suddenly, they burst through the shadow of the forest into a dreary open field. There's a fence that leads to a bunch of rocks and boulders. It sort of looks like a cottage of some sort existed there at one point. Then a girl stands and turns toward the vampires racing towards her.

I gasped. "Alice, it's her! They found her."A sudden thrill pushed through the fog of despair that had settled in my mind. The fear, the guilt, the hate, all of it started to recede, allowing relief and joy to gush through. Bella was okay. If my heart could beat, it would be beating ecstatically at this moment. Bella was alive! Over the last two weeks, I had slowly started to fear the worst. That ever-consuming darkness was sucking me into oblivion. But now… This was proof! This was a glimmer of light my midnight desperately needed!

"They will find her," Alice corrected. "But James is faster than Jasper and Emmett. We need to call Jasper." Alice pulled out her silver phone and pressed a number.

I played the vision in my head again and slowly that glimmer began to fade. Something was off. It was her heart shaped face. It was her chestnut brown hair. She looked both sad and frightened. What was different? Where were they?

As if Alice read my mind she answered my unspoken question. "Jasper and Emmett are in Ireland." She started to press buttons into her phone again.

Ireland? Why was Bella in Ireland? Carlisle was in Ireland. What was in Ireland? My mind was trying to piece together the significance of Ireland and the sadness that were reflecting in Bella's chocolate brown eyes. I was missing something important. "We leave in two hours. Edward, are you listening to me?" Alice waved a hand before my face.

"Alice, is it really Bella?" I could feel the fog of misery and despair begin to thicken again, trying to push that glimmer of hope out.

Alice smiled a genuine smile. 'You saw her. It has to be her. Who else could it be?' "It's been far too long Edward. Let's go get her and bring her back home."

I nodded with my attention lost again back to the image of Bella standing by the remains of a home. There was something off about it. Maybe it was just the perspective of the vision. Maybe it was the lighting. Did it really matter though? Alice was right. It had to be Bella. Who else could it be?

Alice stepped closer to me and took my hand into hers. "We found her Edward."

I smiled a little uneasily, but it was more than I had been able to do since that night I left Bella. We did find her and she was unharmed at the moment. Now we just needed to get to Ireland and figure out exactly where she was.

A/N: I am so sorry. I am playing catch up on a few projects. Also, my phone has been giving me headaches as of late because of how much time I have spent typing on the little screen. Don't get me wrong, my blackberry has been a lifesaver! Hopefully sometime soon, my computer will be fixed and I can get more work done faster. I am sorry to cut this chapter short. The next few chapters until I get my computer back will probably be short. That away I can get them out quicker to you. The next chapter will hopefully be out within the week.

Thank you everyone!